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Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates

Leaving his family at 17, he moved to Cambridge,Massachusetts and enrolled at...

Leaving his family at 17, he moved to Cambridge,
Massachusetts and enrolled at Harvard
University in 1973, originally thinking
of a career in law

Full Transcript

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Leaving his family at 17,
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he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts
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and enrolled at Harvard University in 1973,
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originally thinking of a career in law.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:07
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Entertain Me Productions

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Movie Summary

It is about how he becomes a billionaire.
There he met Steve Ballmer, - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:06
There he met Steve Ballmer,
Introvert and often ridiculed as a nerd, - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:09
Introvert and often ridiculed as a nerd,
He only dated on rare occasions - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:08
He only dated on rare occasions
His mother was deeply disappointed, - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:14
His mother was deeply disappointed,
But little did they know - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:07
But little did they know
The now multi-billion-dollar giant tech company - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:16
The now multi-billion-dollar giant tech company
With the ambitious goal of placing together - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:11
With the ambitious goal of placing together
Well, we're continually trying to make - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:04
Well, we're continually trying to make
I mean, the idea is that eventually - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:06
I mean, the idea is that eventually
It was interesting for me, you know, - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:06
It was interesting for me, you know,
But I was still kind of dreaming - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:05
But I was still kind of dreaming
So in 1975, I dropped out of school. - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:04
So in 1975, I dropped out of school.
I don't recommend it, but I left Harvard. - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:05
I don't recommend it, but I left Harvard.
I went on leave from Harvard and started Microsoft. - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:05
I went on leave from Harvard and started Microsoft.
Gates later moved the company - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:07
Gates later moved the company
Although it started on shaky grounds, - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:07
Although it started on shaky grounds,
At the age of only 23, Gates placed himself - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:06
At the age of only 23, Gates placed himself
He led with a keen business sense and personally reviewed - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:10
He led with a keen business sense and personally reviewed
In November 1980, the world's dominant computer maker, IBM, - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:12
In November 1980, the world's dominant computer maker, ...
Legend has it that at the first meeting with Gates, - Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates 00:09
Legend has it that at the first meeting with Gates,